Gridiron Gang

2006

97 mins

Directed by Phil Joanou
43%
81%
Drama
Sport

Marking the beginnings of the 2006 NFL season State-side is 'Gridiron Gang'. Tells the story of juvenile detention camp probation... More

Marking the beginnings of the 2006 NFL season State-side is 'Gridiron Gang'. Tells the story of juvenile detention camp probation officer Sean Porter (The Rock), who, along with another officer, Malcolm Moore (Xzibit), turns a group of hardcore teenage felons into a high school football team in four weeks. Confronted with gang rivalries and bitter hatred between his teammates, Porter teaches some hard lessons (and learns a few himself) as the kids gain a sense of self-respect and responsibility.

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Where to watch Gridiron Gang

Gridiron Gang is available to stream in New Zealand now... More on Google TV and Apple TV Store and TVNZ+.

Gridiron Gang | Ratings & Reviews

43_%102 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
81_%286,933 reviews
Audience score rating

"A crowd-pleasing, uplifting, feel-good and not-so-rare hybrid -- the sports/prison movie -- in which Los Angeles gangbangers are taught the virtues of trading violence on the streets for violence on the field..."

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Variety

"The best thing about Gridiron Gang is the performance of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He is engaging, affable and wholly believable as a former football star turned officer in a juvenile detention center..."

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USA Today

"The movie's good intentions are consistently undermined by its simplistic notion of redemption, and its inspirational thrust is diluted by an epilogue that suggests the program still has a ways to go in the life-altering department..."

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The New York Times

"Can he (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson ) act? Surprisingly, for the most part, the answer is yes, and the film is a success for it..."

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Premiere Magazine

"Parades itself as an ''honest'' message movie, a call for troubled kids to choose life over street nihilism, but the picture is so earnest that it leaves out the easy, old-school pleasure conjured by the last few years of Disney sports flicks (Invincible, Miracle, The Rookie)..."

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